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    • Mykle1M Offline
      Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Cr4z33
      last edited by

      @cr4z33 said in MMM-NewsFeedTicker:

      So it’s not a matter of not so fast SD card then right?

      Well, it could be, but that’s unlikely. The CPU load issue has been around for some time and animations, especially marquee animations(scrolling) are the #1 culprit, or I miss my mark. Of course, if you used something more robust than a Pi that has a GPU you’d see a world of difference in the way MM performs.

      Create a working config
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      • justjim1220J Offline
        justjim1220 Module Developer @Cr4z33
        last edited by

        @cr4z33

        Apologies, I am working on the issue of using a custom logo if one doesn’t get pulled from the site.
        Please stand by… :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

        "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
        Jim Hallock - 1995

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        • justjim1220J Offline
          justjim1220 Module Developer
          last edited by

          some found sports news that work for those interested…

          http://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?page=rssinfo for all sports
          http://www.espn.com/espn/rss/nfl/news for NFL
          0_1540949623343_Screenshot (159).png

          https://www.foxsports.com/rss-feeds for list of all sports
          https://api.foxsports.com/v1/rss?partnerKey=zBaFxRyGKCfxBagJG9b8pqLyndmvo7UU&tag=nfl for NFL
          0_1540949798112_Screenshot (162).png

          https://www.cbssports.com/xml/rss for all sports
          https://www.cbssports.com/rss/headlines/nfl/ for NFL
          0_1540949880419_Screenshot (160).png

          https://www.rotowire.com/rss/ for all sports
          https://www.rotowire.com/rss/news.htm?sport=nfl for NFL
          0_1540949975405_Screenshot (161).png

          I also wanted to add that if you place the newsfeeds in the config, it also works better to place them in the js file as well. Not sure why, but I noticed that it does.
          So, wanted to pass that on.

          I am still working on getting a custom logo to show if one does not get pulled from the rss site.

          "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
          Jim Hallock - 1995

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          • Cr4z33C Offline
            Cr4z33 @justjim1220
            last edited by Cr4z33

            @Mykle1 thanks for clearing things out.

            @justjim1220 said in MMM-NewsFeedTicker:

            some found sports news that work for those interested…

            http://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?page=rssinfo for all sports
            http://www.espn.com/espn/rss/nfl/news for NFL
            0_1540949623343_Screenshot (159).png

            https://www.foxsports.com/rss-feeds for list of all sports
            https://api.foxsports.com/v1/rss?partnerKey=zBaFxRyGKCfxBagJG9b8pqLyndmvo7UU&tag=nfl for NFL
            0_1540949798112_Screenshot (162).png

            https://www.cbssports.com/xml/rss for all sports
            https://www.cbssports.com/rss/headlines/nfl/ for NFL
            0_1540949880419_Screenshot (160).png

            https://www.rotowire.com/rss/ for all sports
            https://www.rotowire.com/rss/news.htm?sport=nfl for NFL
            0_1540949975405_Screenshot (161).png

            I also wanted to add that if you place the newsfeeds in the config, it also works better to place them in the js file as well. Not sure why, but I noticed that it does.
            So, wanted to pass that on.

            I am still working on getting a custom logo to show if one does not get pulled from the rss site.

            Take your time don’t worry. ;)

            In the meantime I am going to try too to put everything into the NewsFeeds js and see how things work.

            Update
            I saw no improvements by inserting the feeds straight into the JS. :disappointed_face:

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            • Cr4z33C Offline
              Cr4z33
              last edited by

              Sorry @justjim1220 I noticed only now that you removed the newsfeed ticker background in your latest screenshots.

              I would like to try that out and see if performance improves. :)
              How do you do that?

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              • justjim1220J Offline
                justjim1220 Module Developer @Cr4z33
                last edited by justjim1220

                @cr4z33

                In the css file, just change background-color: maroon; to background: none;
                can be done with the image as well, but that could make the image difficult to see.

                "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                Jim Hallock - 1995

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                • Cr4z33C Offline
                  Cr4z33 @justjim1220
                  last edited by Cr4z33

                  @justjim1220

                  OK, thanks.

                  Update:
                  When not using a background then overall performance improves! :thumbs_up_medium-light_skin_tone:

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                  • Cr4z33C Offline
                    Cr4z33
                    last edited by

                    Although I am using the UTF-8 encoding for ALL of my newsfeeds accented letters (i.e é, à, etc.) and currency symbols (i.e €) are not displayed properly.

                    Any idea why?

                    		{
                    			module: "MMM-NewsFeedTicker",
                    			position: "bottom_bar",
                    			disabled: false,
                    			//classes: "day_scheduler"
                    			config: {
                    			    feeds: [
                    					{
                    						title: "Hardware Upgrade",
                    						url: "https://feeds.hwupgrade.it/rss_hwup.xml",
                    						encoding: "UTF-8", //ISO-8859-1
                    						className: "myClass",
                    						defaultLogo : ""
                    					}
                    			    	    ]
                    				}
                    		    }
                    

                    0_1541497358590_typo.png

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                    • justjim1220J Offline
                      justjim1220 Module Developer @Cr4z33
                      last edited by

                      @cr4z33 said in MMM-NewsFeedTicker:

                      you might have better luck using encoding: "ISO-8859-15" or encoding: "ISO-8859-9"
                      The latter one is supposed to work best with European characters

                      "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                      Jim Hallock - 1995

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                      • Cr4z33C Offline
                        Cr4z33 @justjim1220
                        last edited by

                        @justjim1220
                        That did the trick thanks. :thumbs_up_medium-light_skin_tone:

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